Doughnut-drainer.



LYDA M. SCHULTZ, or nonon ns'rna, WISCONSIN.

DOUGHNUT-DRAINER.

Specification. of Letters E'atcnt.

Patented Sept. 28', 191

Application filed ()ctober 16, 191;. Serial No. 868,960.

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to an improved drainer, used for drainingdoughnuts, French fried or shoe-string potatoes, oysters and the like.

One of the features of the invention is to provide a rectangular frameand supporting bracket or arm constructed from a single length of wire,the arm being so arranged as to engage the peripheral flange or the pan,

so that the rectangular frame is supported over the pan, whereby thedoughnuts and the like, which are placed in the basket suspended fromthe frame, may drain, the grease dripping back into the pan.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

' The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing theimproved drainer as applied to a pan, the flange of whichis of suchdisposition as to require the supporting arm or bracket to be bent inorder that the basket may be supported over the pan. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing a pan, the flange of which is of another disposition,and the drainer supported therebyv Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is an enlarged detail plan view of the parts 5, 11 and 17 of theframe. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the supportingframe, showing the transverse and longitudinal wires and 36 of thebasket eliminated.

Referring more especially to the drawing, 1 designates a single lengthof wire bent to form a rectangular loop constituting a frame, and alsoto form the supporting arm or bracket 3. The rectangular loop or frame 2comprises two end parts and two side parts or rods 4 and 5. The portionsland 7 of the elongated side parts 5 are each bent laterally to form an.ollset portion 8. The portions 6 and 7 where they are offset overlap,and lie substantially parallel to each other, and at the ends of saidoffset portion, the parts 6 and 7 are coiled about each other as shownat 10. The parts 6 after being coiled at 10 extends laterally as shownat 11, then bent at 12, and extended substantially downwardly as shownat 13, substantially midway, of which downward portion the wire is bent,so that the supporting arm or bracket may properly engage the flange 15of the pan. The part 1 at its'lower portion is bent to form an upturnedloop 16. The part- 7 after being coiled as shown at 10 is likewiseextended laterally to form the part 17', and bent at- 18 and downwardlyto form the substantially vertical part- 19, which is slightly bent asshown at 20 to correspond with the bend in the part 13.

The wire beyond the upturned loop 16 is extended upwardly. and adjacentthe bend 20 of the part 7, the wire is curved laterally as shown at 22,and slightly downwardly as shown at 23 and crosswise as shown at- 24,beyond which parts 26 and 27 are formed to correspond with parts 22 and23, and beyond the part 27 an eye 28 is made to surround the verticalportion 13, beyond which eye the wire 29 extends down to and adjacentthe i upturned loop 16, and where the wire terminates an eye 30 isformed to receive the lower portion of the part 13. The portion or part19 is formed with eyes 32 and 33, the eye 32 receiving the wire adjacentthe part 22, while the eye 33 receives the wire adjacent the upturnedloop 16.

Longitudinal and transverse wires 35 and 36 are inter-meshed, and curvedand shaped to form the basket 36*, to receive doughnuts and the likewhile draining. The ends of the longitudinal and transverse intcrmeshedwires are coiled about the end and side parts or rods 4: and 5, as shownat 37.

By this construction of arm or bracket the rectangular frame and basketmay be supported in substantial positions and upon difi'erent shapedpans and the like, the sides 13 and 19 of the supporting arm or bracketmay be bent to suit the flanges of dilferent inclinations, andfurthermore, the coils 38 just at the junction between the parts 22 and23, and the parts 26 and '27 engage under the peripheral rib 40 of theflange of the pan to prevent accidental upward displacement of the armor bracket. The off set portion in the rectangular frame, and thelateral parts of the bracket or arm adjacent the offset portion aresufficient so that the drainer or basket overhangs the pan sufiiciently,so that the drippings will fall back in the pan. I v I The inventionhaving been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is k A doughnutbasket supporting frame comprising an-upper rectangular portion havinglaterally extending parallel arms having coiled connections with saidrectangfilar portion,v said arms merging into substantially verticalarms, said frame being ,con-

structed of a single length of wire, one of said substantially verticalarms of the frame extending downwardly and bent to form a loop to engageupon the inner face of the flange of a pan, the wire ofone side of saidloop being bent to form an eye through which the opposite. substantiallyvertical arm passes, the wire of the frame beyond said eye being bent toform a second loop to engage upon the exterior of the flange of saidpan,

' said second loop having oppositely disposed coils to engage under thebead of the flange of the pan, thereby preventing upward displacementofthe frame, the wire of the frame beyond the second loopbeing bent topasses through the first eyeterminating in eyes to receive the oppositesides of the first loop.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LYDA M. SCHULTZ.

Witnesses:

EDWIN 'Lnrryocn, LOUISE. HoMsTEn.

In testimony whereof I have signed my.

